Years before Syracuse’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade first marched down South Salina Street in 1982, the Flyin’ Column had been celebrating the Irish saint’s day by playing an annual hooley at the Hotel Syracuse.
The hotel hooleys started in 1976.
Though the venerable Hotel Syracuse generally sits idle these days, Pascale’s Catering will open the lobby and the elegant Persian Terrace on parade day this Saturday, March 13.
And of course, the Flyin’ Column will crank out the tunes from “Kelly the Boy from Killan,” a rebel song, to “Danny Boy,” the lovely lament for a loved one far away...
